But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse.
CORMAC MCCARTHYProbably I dont believe in a lot of things that I used to believe in but that doesnt mean I dont believe in anything.
More Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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I’ve seen the meanness of humans till I don’t know why God ain’t put out the sun and gone away.
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Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable.
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If only my heart were stone.
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You have to carry the fire.” I don’t know how to.” Yes, you do.” Is the fire real? The fire?” Yes it is.” Where is it? I don’t know where it is.” Yes you do. It’s inside you. It always was there. I can see it.
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The trouble with a liar is he can’t remember what he said.
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They spoke less and less between them until at last they were silent altogether as is often the way with travelers approaching the end of a journey.
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By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.
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I got what I needed instead of what I wanted and that’s just about the best kind of luck you can have.
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There is no later. This is later.
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There’s a difference between quittin and knowin when you’re beat.
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The world is quite ruthless in selecting between the dream and the reality, even where we will not.
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He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.
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Ever step you take is forever.
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You fix what you can fix and you let the rest go. If there ain’t nothin to be done about it it aint even a problem. It’s just a aggravation.
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How surely are the dead beyond death. Death is what the living carry with them. A state of dread, like some uncanny foretaste of a bitter memory. But the dead do not remember and nothingness is not a curse. Far from it.
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